Energy Resources

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products
• Form underground from dead organisms.
  
• Replaced in a short period of time
• Allow energy to pass through them easily

Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

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The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

What is a disadvantage associated with many renewable or alternative energy sources?

• cost

• pollution

• waste

• radiation

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Which of the following would be considered a renewable resource?

• trees

• `oil

• coal

• natural gas

Generating hydroelectric power is most practical in an area with a

• large river

• forest

• desert

• thermal vent

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Which of the following renewable resources would be most affected by cloud cover?

• biomass

• hydroelectric

• solar

• wind

What is the biggest reason that some fuel sources are considered nonrenewable?

• toxic waste

• easy to recycle

• length of time to form

• inexpensive

The majority (82%) of our energy is generated from

• renewable resources

• fossil fuels

• alternative energy

• nuclear energy

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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using Hydroelectric energy?

• expensive

• renewable

• no pollution

• electricity is constant